I'll be the Brightest, You'll See

The day finally arrived and I was more nervous than I cared to admit. Since the suicide attempt Vic wouldn't let me go back to my apartment alone but what he doesn't know can't hurt him. Although since I basically moved into his house the past 2 weeks, my place was beginning to become bare.

I walked into my bedroom and noticed the bloody handprint was still there. If I was going to die today I wanted to at least make sure everyone knew exactly how I felt so I wanted to write a letter, one explaining what happened when I was locked away. I told Vic a brief version of the story but he didn't know why, he didn't know that it was because he wanted to get Vic arrested for it.

I sat down on my bed and gripped onto the notepad that I brought with me. Every single letter brought me to tears, I don't really know why. What if nothing happens to me. What if it's all a joke?

When I got to Vic's letter it broke me. I wanted to lie in my bed and cry forever but I knew I had to go back to the house, I had to wait for my boyfriend to come home.

I stood up and placed every single envelope on my freshly made bed and wiped away my tears. "Why are you crying?" I heard from behind me. I turned to see Alex standing at my bedroom door.

"What are you doing here Alex?" I asked, furrowing my eyebrows in confusion.

"I thought you'd of worked it out by now but you haven't." He said softly. I shook my head and walked over to him.

"I'm sorry we broke up but it was for the best, you were right." I said as nicely as I could, there was no need to hurt his feelings.

He began laughing hysterically. "Wow you really arm dim." He shook his head, looking at his feet and laughing even more. "You just don't get it." He rose his vision to meet my eyes.

"I'm confused so I'm just gonna leave." I pushed past him and into my living room. I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw a figure standing with his back to me. No. It can't be.

He slowly turned around and his face was still the same, every inch of it. "Scarlett, I told you we'd be together again." He smirked at me. I started walked backwards to my room when I slammed against Alex. I looked back at him with pleading eyes.

"Alex please." I begged him. He just shook his head.

"I totally don't understand why you're still so fickle Scarlett. Did you really think that I got back together with you because I missed you and wanted you in my life again?" Alex spat at me.

Ben began clapping from behind me, loudly and startling every bone in my body. "Bravo." He said psychotically.

"It's okay Scarlett I'll protect you." Alex mocked himself, I felt like crying. I let a tear fall down my cheek, my bottom lip trembled with fear. The first person I trusted in San Diego and he turned out to be an asshole.

"Why?" I choked out, my head was spinning by this point.

"Why?" He ask with a sadistic laugh. "WHY?" He screamed. "I'll tell you why. You broke my heart, you had the chance to have a good life with me Scarlett and you chose him over me, you chose that piece of shit over me. He didn't even treat you with respect but still it was better than me huh." He laughed.

"And the Oscar goes to Alex Gaskarth." Ben clapped slowly but more intensely. I turned to look at him but the tears were now cascading down my face.

"WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!?!?!" I screamed at Ben. He flinched at the sudden change in tone. He walked up to me and ran his hand down my cheek.

"I want you to be mine, like you were always meant to be." He grinned at me.

My instincts kicked in and I ran around him, it all went well until Ben grabbed me by my hair and pulled me back. "Let go of me!" I screamed. This is the one time of my life that I wished that I did have neighbours. He spun me around and shook his head, a creepy grin making its way across his face. He shoved me against the wall and I hit my head off a corner, slowly I slid down the wall and everything went black.

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Vic's P.O.V

"You're sure you wanna do this?" Tony asked me. I stared at him and a smile creeped over my face.

"There's absolutely no reason why I shouldn't is there?" I asked, hoping he wouldn't give me a real reason.

"Good luck, you're gonna need it." He patted my back. Regardless of what my friends think I'm still gonna do it. Scarlett means the world to me and I couldn't live without her.

"Thank you Tone." I nodded at him. We walked into the house and it was in complete darkness. Jaime was at his parents house and Mike was at Alysha's. Scarlett should be home but the door was locked and everything is still. "I'm gonna go check my room to see if she's sleeping." I told Tony and ran up the stairs.

I went into my room but she wasn't there, that's when the panic began to set in. I ran back down the stairs and looked at Tony with fear in my eyes. "She not up there?" He asked with a feared look on his face.

"You don't think she went to her own apartment do you?" I asked Tony, hoping he'd say no but he just shrugged. "Can we go check please." I asked him.

"Of course." He nodded. We left the house and jumped back into my car. The drive to Scarlett's apartment was about 10 minutes, so with the amount of panic and fear in me it was actually only a 4 minute drive.

We parked the car and ran to her building and up to her floor. When we got to her door it was lying open, "Scarlett!" Tony called out as he ran into her house. The lights were out and I feared the worst, just like 3 weeks ago.

But there was nothing. No one. I walked to her bedroom and found 6 envelopes on her bed. One addressed to me, the others were for Tony, Jaime, Mike, Alysha and Kiera. I picked the one up with my name on it and shakily opened it.

Dear my beloved Victor,

Wow that sounds so damn serious and cheesy. I'm kinda ashamed of myself right now. Okay so let me start off by telling you that you're the light of my whole world and any time I've been without you has been time I'd rather spend 6ft under the ground. I love you. In fact I love you so much that I would die for you.

I'm writing this because there's a huge chance I'm not gonna live much longer. No I'm not ill or sick. Truth is for about 8 months Ben Philips has been sending me letters and messages, telling me that he's coming for me. About two weeks ago I got a date and that date is the 3rd of December. Today, well the day I'm writing this, who knows when you'll find this. I was too scared to tell you the truth, what he did to me was scary. I've never felt so terrified in my whole life but mainly because he threatened you, he blackmailed me and used you as he bait. I couldn't live with myself if anything happened to you so I didn't tell you.

Mike knows, well he knows a little but he knows. I need you to ask him for the truth, if you're reading this then please get a hold of him. I probably won't be alive by the time you do though; there's no chance I'm gonna survive this.

Please don't fight for me, with someone like Ben he's so psychotic that he'll never give up. So let him win, it's for the best.

I love you.

Scarlett.

"What's that?" Tony asked me. I turned to him and I couldn't stop the tears from falling from my eyes.

"Her psycho therapist has kidnapped her. She's gone." I breathed out. I handed the envelope to Tony that had his name on it. My feet guided me out of her bedroom when I noticed someone in the living room. Alex. "Scarlett's been kidnapped." I told him frantically.

He spun on the spot and smiled at me. "Who'd you think helped." He said cockily. Rage burned inside of me, I always hated that asshole but this has just tipped me over the edge. I swiftly ran across the room and punched him in the face. He dropped to the floor laughing, it only made me punch him more. "You'll never find her." He laughed and spat out blood.

"Yeah but killing you is a good fucking start!" I screamed in his face. Tony pulled me off of him and held me back.

"She looked so sweet as Ben dragged her off into his car, what a fun night he has in store for her." Alex got up and ran out. I watched as that coward ran for his life, Tony didn't have time to read his letter. My phone began to ring in my pocket and I looked at the screen. Unknown
"Hello?" I answered.

"Victor, Victor, victor." A disgusting voice said down the phone. "It's nice to hear from you again." He laughed.

"What the fuck do you want? Where is my girlfriend!?" I demanded.

"All in good time Victor but first, your girlfriend wants to speak to you." Ben said. There was some fumbling and static sounds.

"Vic?" Scarlett cried down the phone.

"Scarlett, where are you? What did he do to you?" I asked frantically, running my hand through my hair.

"Just don't try and find me, I love you." She sobbed. It broke my heart hearing her cry like that.

"I'm gonna get you I promise." I told her, she was about to say something but Ben ripped the phone away from her.

"Don't say I'm not good to you Vic, goodbye!" His cheerful tone made me want to throw myself from the roof. I listened as the line went dead. I screamed as loud as I could and began punching the wall beside me until my knuckles began to bleed.

Notes

Shit is hitting the fan my friends!